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Newly introduced bill from U.S. Sen. Tim Scott and U.S. Rep. Rick Allen would expand employee rights, protect workers’ flexibility, and improve representation in the workplace Arlington, Va. – Today, Americans for Prosperity sent a letter to Congress, urging lawmakers to co-sponsor the Employee Rights Act (ERA). The legislation, crafted by U.S. Sen. Tim Scott […]
Guest contributor Karen Anderson, founder of Freelancers Against AB5, shares another cautionary tale from California, this time detailing how franchisees have lost income and opportunity as a result of the ABC test found in that state’s AB 5 law. This same test would be applied nationwide if Congress passes the PRO Act. As the Protecting the Right […]
Guest contributor Karen Anderson, founder of Freelancers Against AB5, shares a cautionary tale from California about small businesses and independent contractors struggling under the weight of punitive fines and fees that could go nationwide if Congress passes the PRO Act. Since its implementation in January 2020, California’s onerous AB 5 law continues to destroy the […]
Mackinac Center Senior Fellow Vincent Vernuccio was about to go on national television when the 2018 Supreme Court decision in Janus v. AFSCME came down. He quickly texted a group of labor experts, including Austen Bannan, Americans for Prosperity’s senior employment policy analyst. “Does this mean what I think it means?” Vernuccio asked. In the […]
Americans for Prosperity Senior Policy Analyst Austen Bannan provides commentary on a proposed Department of Labor rule that would make it more difficult for union workers to know how their dues and fees are being spent. In a move that would reduce union transparency for union members, government, and the public broadly, the Department of […]
This article was guest authored by Karen Anderson, the founder and administrator of Freelancers Against AB5. Anderson spoke with several independent contractors, freelancers, and gig workers to hear how their businesses have struggled in the wake of AB 5, a likely outcome for independent workers nationwide if the PRO Act becomes law. It’s been more […]
Jaime Gravitt comes from a long line of entrepreneurs and independent contractors. Her great-grandmother came to the United States from Italy and started her own restaurant. Her maternal grandparents, she says in a new video for Americans for Prosperity’s Flex Your Independence campaign, “never worked for anybody a day in their lives.” They were prolific […]
The U.S. Department of Labor published a final rule May 6 to withdraw a Trump-era rule under the Fair Labor Standards Act that gave critical protections to America’s independent contractors. The Biden DOL argued that, among other reasons, the rule “was in tension with the FLSA’s text and purpose, as well as relevant judicial precedent.” […]
How would the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, also called the PRO Act, affect independent contractors, including gig workers and freelancers, across the country? Would it help them, as supporters of the bill claim — or would it end up costing many of them their livelihoods? Thomas Bingham, a senior grassroots trainer with Grassroots […]
